16 Amendments of Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY related to 2017/2254(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 26 November 2015 on a new animal welfare strategy for 2016-2020,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the excessive and inappropriatecorrect use of antibiotics and poor infection control practices in both human and veterinary medicine have progressively rendered antimicrobial resistance (AMR) a massive threat to humankind;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the misincorrect use of antibiotics is eroding their efficacy and leading to the spread of highly resistant bacteria that are especially resistant to last- line antibiotics; whereas according to data provided by the OECD, an estimated 700 000 deaths worldwide may be caused by AMR every year;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas lack of access to effective antibiotics in developing countries still cause more deaths than resistance; whereas AMR is a threat to the achievement of several of the Sustainable Development Goals outlined in Agenda 2030;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas action to reduce veterinary antimicrobial use has been uneven across EU countries as the latest data from the European Medicine Agency shows1a; whereas some Member States have achieved significant reductions in the use of veterinary antimicrobials over a short period of time thanks to ambitious national policies, as illustrated by a series of fact-finding missions carried out by the European Commission Health and Food Audits and Analysis Directorate1aa; _________________ 1a http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp? curl=pages/news_and_events/news/2017/1 0/news_detail_002827.jsp∣ =WC0b01ac05 8004d5c1antimicrobials 1aa http://ec.europa.eu/food/audits- analysis/audit_reports/index.cfm
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the appropriatecorrect and prudent use of antimicrobials is essential to limiting the emergence of AMR in human healthcare, animal husbandry and aquaculture; stresses that there are considerable differences in the way Member States handle and address AMR; calls on the Commission to consider mandatory routine collection and submission of monitoring data at EU level and to establish indictors to measure progress in the fight against AMR;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to align surveillance, monitoring and reporting of AMR patterns and pathogens; and submit this data to the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS); furthermore, underlines the utmost importance of systemic collection of all the relevant and comparable data on the volume of sales and the use of veterinary antimicrobial medicinal products, which should be analysed and published by the European Medicine Agency in annual reports; considers that this practice should be made mandatory through European legislation as soon as possible;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges Member States to develop ambitious national strategies to tackle AMR in the animal production sector including quantitative reduction targets for the use of veterinary antimicrobials whilst taking local circumstances into account; stresses that all sectors throughout the food chain should be involved in their implementation;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Urges the Commission to present a new EU strategy on animal welfare as previously stated by the European Parliament, with the long-term aim of creating an Animal Welfare Law; urges the Commission to implement, without delay, the points outstanding from the European Union Strategy on the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2012- 2015;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Commission to create a harmonised system for labelling based on animal welfare standards and good animal husbandry practices as already envisaged in 20091a; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/food/sites/food/files/a nimals/docs/aw_other_aspects_labelling_i p-09-1610_en.pdf
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to restrict or stop the sale of antibiotics by those, in line with the 1999 SSC report, eliminate inducements, especially financial, for doctors orand veterinarians whoen prescribe theming antibiotics;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the Commission to take firm action against the illegal sale of antimicrobial products in the EU;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the value of vaccines, probiotics and prebiotics in combating AMR; recommends integration of targets for life-long vaccination as a key element of national action plans on AMR;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes the hesitant approach of the industry to develop ‘last-line’ antibiotics against bacteria that are resistant to all other antibiotics owing to expected low profitabilityat the business model for developing medicines is not suitable for antibiotic development since resistance can evolve over time and because they are meant to be used as a last resort; calls for incentives for this research and definition of the regulatory pathway;
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission and Member States to work together with the industry to develop new incentive models that delink payment from prescribing volume;